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A task force studying Baltimore's troubled speed camera program will urge the city to increase oversight of the process, change the way camera sites are chosen and create a new speed camera website containing maps and other information for the public.

Doyle McManus says disastrous war revealed deep problems with how the U.S. gathers and handles intelligence

Alexander Moulton last year completed a four-year apprenticeship program to become a painter at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, following in the proud footsteps of his father, who said his son worked seven days a week to provide for two children.

At the Howard County Conservancy Wednesday, March 13, more than 100 ninth-graders learned about extreme weather: how to predict it, prepare for it, and recover from it.

The project, overseen by the former warden of the House of Correction, is designed to save the state money and give inmates training to find jobs after being released from prison.

Ernest T. Davis, a retired construction project manager and World War II B-24 pilot, died Feb. 13 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 92.

Study looks at effectiveness of seat belts for dogs

A 26-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Howard County who realized a long-held dream of becoming a military pilot was killed when her Navy jet crashed into a field outside Spokane, Wash., her family said Tuesday.

A 26-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Howard County who realized a long-held dream of becoming a military pilot was killed when her Navy jet crashed into a field outside Spokane, Wash., her family said Tuesday.

R.J. Cutler film is deft non-fiction, but this kind of darkness demands Shakespeare

The home, along the prestigious Ocean Drive, boasts seven bedrooms and nine baths.

Robert W. Cos, a crane equipment safety consultant who raised awareness in the 1980s over the unsafe car practice called "clipping," died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime Canton resident was 65.

Howard County has maintained its Triple-A credit rating from all three bond ratings agencies after one agency had warned the county might lose its Triple-A standing due to uncertainty with the federal government.

A late-season storm was forecast to bring the first significant snowfall in Baltimore in two years Wednesday, prompting worries about travel difficulties and power outages from the wet, heavy flakes and strong wind.

A late-season storm was forecast to bring the first significant snowfall in Baltimore in two years Wednesday, prompting worries about travel difficulties and power outages from the wet, heavy flakes and strong wind.

A judge has ruled that Baltimore County's contract with its speed camera vendor is illegal, because it pays the company a cut of each citation issued — a ruling that could help others challenge their citations in court.

The National Weather Service has placed a winter storm watch in effect for a number of Maryland counties including Howard on Tuesday morning that it is expected to expire at 12 a.m. on March 7.

Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly are proposing to raise taxes on gasoline by $2 billion over five years to finance highways, transit and other transportation projects.

AAA says automated traffic enforcement can save lives, if implemented properly

Teamwork made the Port's success possible

The demise of Sparrows Point and its 2,000 jobs last year has forced many life-changing decisions. For a small but growing number of workers, that change is an out-of-state address.

St. John Properties Inc. said it has completed construction on 6190 Guardian Gateway, a new three-story, 75,000 square foot office building located within the boundary of Aberdeen Proving Ground.

The Port of Baltimore led the nation in vehicle and roll on/roll off traffic in 2012 and surpassed previous marks for general cargo handling, state officials said Wednesday.

Baltimore is feeling the pinch of a more than 40 cent-per-gallon jump in gas prices in the last month.

Having once been hoodwinked into war, the public won't be easily led astray anytime soon

The two young children injured in an Aberdeen apartment fire last week have been released from the hospital, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said Wednesday. The condition of their mother, who was also injured in the fire, was not available on Wednesday.

A Bel Air man was killed in a single vehicle accident near Conowingo Dam in Cecil County early Sunday morning, Maryland State Police said.

Workplaces, such as General Motors' plant in White Marsh, are offering charging stations where employees can plug in their electric vehicles.

William Charles Brubaker, a retired aeronautical engineer who was a founding trombone player in the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, died at Sinai Hospital Feb. 12 of complications of injuries he suffered near his Lutherville home. Family members said he had been struck by a vehicle while walking last year. He was 91.

Moody's promise to drop Maryland's AAA-status if it downgrades the federal government is frustrating but may not mean much.

Defense officials and their allies in Congress have done their best to create a sense of crisis about steep impending budget cuts, but their warnings have failed to produce any visible result.

Nuclear is too dangerous and polluting to compete with green energy

A mother and her two young children were seriously injured in an apartment fire in Aberdeen Thursday morning, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said.

SKW Constructors plans to hire up to 100 people to construct concrete tubes and fans at the Sparrows Point Shipyard and Industrial park in Dundalk, according to Baltimore County economic development officials.

Howard County has maintained a AAA bond rating from agencies Standard & Poors, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings since the mid 1990s, but if Moody's downgrades the federal government's debt to AA-plus, Howard County could follow.

Maryland could lose one of its prized AAA bond ratings if the U.S. government fails to find a way out of its debt and budget problems in the coming months, state Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp has warned.

Northrop Grumman notified about 60 people, primarily in Maryland and Virginia, in its electronics systems sector that they will be an out of jobs at the end of the month.

Theodore A. "Ted" Dietz, a former shipyard electrician who earned the sobriquet of "40 Watts Dietz" from his fellow volunteer crew members during the restoration of the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown, died Feb. 3 from heart failure at his Severna Park home. He was 91.

High finance has an exciting ring to it, but it's mainly the mundane story of how we owe ourselves money and pay it back as time goes by.

Robert G. Jaharias, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. supervisor who enjoyed collecting and driving vintage automobiles, died Friday of heart failure at his Sykesville home. He was 83.

President Obama has demonstrated that he, not the military and not the State Department, decides when the U.S. becomes involved in armed conflicts abroad.

Harford County officials are preparing to sell $116.9 in bonds on Feb. 19.

Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change

Baltimore officer cleared of charges in shooting of man from inside police vehicle

Fall's fashion collections are expected to show rich colors, meaty textiles and substantial silhouettes.

The Hunt Valley-based TV station benefited from political and auto advertising.

Purple-clad fans at Bel Air nightspots cheered their hearts out as the Ravens quickly took the lead in the first half of the Super Bowl.

Ravens veteran free safety Ed Reed has never embraced an unconventional approach.